Dr. Antonio Gotto from Weill Cornell Medical College moderated the topic "Statins: Do they have beneficial effects over and above their actions on lipids?" with Drs. John LaRosa from State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, and James Reiffel from Columbia University Medical Center participating.

“Even if people developed diabetes, they would still benefit from statin therapy, so the [JUPITER] panel concluded that the cardiovascular benefit outweighed the increase in the risk of diabetes.”-Antonio Gotto, MD

“Anti-inflammatory effects of the statins separate from lipid lowering are certainly part of it, but it’s not that simple.”-James Reiffel, MD

“So we don’t have to abandon LDL lowering as a potential way of ameliorating acute coronary syndrome within a matter of days or even hours.”-John LaRosa, MD